NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 426

HOUSE BILL 772

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE JUVENILE CODE AND TO PERMIT SECURE CUSTODY IN ADDITIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 7A-574(b)(1) is deleted and all the other subdivisions in subsection (b) are renumbered accordingly.

Sec. 2. G.S. 7A-574(b)(9), as it appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 1B of the General Statutes, is rewritten to read:

"(8)      That the juvenile alleged to be undisciplined by virtue of his being a runaway may be detained for a period of no more than 72 hours to facilitate evaluation of the juvenile's need for medical or psychiatric treatment or to facilitate reunion with his parents."

Sec. 3. G.S. 7A-574(c) is amended by adding a new sentence to the end to read:

"The judge may also order secure custody for a juvenile who is alleged to have violated the terms of his probation or conditional release."

Sec. 4. G.S. 7A-574(d) is amended by deleting in the second sentence the phrase "(b) and (c)" and by substituting the phrase "(b) or (c)".

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1981.